A few years ago, I decided to tell myself the truth about my life. I wasn’t happy. I had “everything” and yet I wasn’t happy. I was “blessed” yet I wasn’t happy. I was “successful” yet I wasn’t happy. Print by Simon Lieschke How crazy is that? To claim to have everything, be blessed, be […]
Back to School
I don’t know about you but my household has been crazy for about a week. Camp ended over a week ago and although my children tell me they enjoy having nothing to do, their ability to cause havoc wherever they roam tells me a different story. I am a big proponent of positive visualization. I’ve […]
Mean Spirited
By MGAL Expert Lynn Trotta Before embarking on a long road trip, I went to the library to get an audio book. I came across the book Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. I consider my daughter one of those, so I grabbed it. In the first disc, she explains that she wrote […]
Window Into The Soul
By MGAL Expert, Lynn Trotta As I bent low and looked up into the bush of French climbing beans, I got the strongest sensation that I was looking into my soul at all the gifts that are waiting to be harvested. How many times had I walked by this wall of green in my […]
Moms: Stop Saying Everything Is Fine!
Each day I talk to moms who are struggling on some level with their life. No matter who I am speaking with and what her particular struggle looks like we inevitably get to a place where she tells me that “It’s really not that bad” or “I guess its fine. Maybe I just expect too […]
